The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-31

freedman in full enjoyment of his
rights will divide between parties as
other citizens do, and his labor will
become q great factor in the wealth
and prosperity of the region in which
he lives. 1t has now contributed
its full share in building up with
marvellous rapidity the region have
recently traversed, and will be Of
indefinitely more value to the South
than the needless and listless labor
of slaves in the olden times. Win
these people by kindness and just
regard to their constitutional rights,
and they will vote with you and do
their full share to make the South
rich, prosperous and happy.
l also wish to express, in the
strongest language, my admiration
and respect for the vim and energy
with which the people of the South
are graphing with the condition Of
labor and industry by which they
are surrounded, and the confident
belief that within single genera
tion your people will be more than
repaid for the value Of their slaves
by the results Of diversified industry
and subdivision OF land. The time
will come and now seems near at
hand, when you and your children
will rejoice, rot only that the slaves
are free, but that the Union has been
preserved and strengthened.
Sherman then turned to the dis
cussion Of those questions of nation
al politics which alike affect all parts
Of tie country and which alone ought
TO be the subject of political dis
cussion-taxation, currency, public
credit, foreign and domestic COM
merce, education and internal i'm
provements.
Internal revenue taxes Sherman
passed over briefly, saying that such
tax is now levied only upon whiskey,
tobacco. aud beer, producing reve-
nue. Of SI00,OO0,OO0, and, though not
felt as a serious burden, can be dis
pensed with, reduced Or modified
whenever 1t is deemed best.
There still remains the duties
levied on imported goods, and in the
mode of doing this lies the main issue
between the Republican and Demo
cratic parties. Both parties con-
cede that taxes or duties on goods
imported from foreign countries
must be, as they have in the past, the
main source of national revenue.
The Democratic party claim, how
ever, that they shall be levied for
revenue only, while the Republican
party claim that, while levied for
revenue, they should be so adjusted
as to protect, foster and encourage
American industry. The general
idea Of the Democratic party is to
levy these duties by such rate ap-
preaching an ad valorem average
rate as probably would produce the
requisite revenue.
The great divisions of your State
furnish all the essential raw elements
Of human manufacture. You have
stored in East and Middle Tennessee
coal, iron, timber and marble, with
beautiful valleys and runningIstreams.
You have in Middle Tennessee
broader and richer valleys, and land
admirable for all the cereals, corn,
wheat and fruits of the earth. While
in Western Tennessee you have the
deep alluvial valleys of the Missis-
sippi and Tennessee, capable of pro-
ducing cotton and the chief products
of a semi.t1opical climate. You are
as deeply interested in the tariff
question as Pennsylvania, for there
is nothing in the way Of the natural
resources Of Pennsylvania that you
do not possess in Tennessee.
There is no reason why you should
not convert your cotton into thread
and cloths, and utilize your now
wasted water-power, and your fields
Of coal and mountains of iron in the
manufacture Of gcods--pottery, glass,
iron AMI steel in every form-and
open up your quarries Of marble for
the markets of the world.
All that is needed to make your
State rich and prosperous, beyond
all former experience, is to accept
the republican policy Of protection.
Indeed, all that is needed in Ten
nessee is that it should become a
Republican State.
The Democratic party if it has
any fixed creed or policy, it is in
opposition to protection. Carlisle,
in his recent speech in Boston, said
that the Democratic party was unal-
terablv opposed to any tax except